...receive but a poor support tne flrst year, and a worse support the second year ; for " there is that scattereth, and yet increaseth, and there is that...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." It is a peculiar excellence of the AH MS, that nearly as much as it gives to the struggling churches,...

...deserves shall be sure at length to overtake him. " The twenty-fourth verse runs thus : ' there is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.' The word scattering must here mean communicating and doing good to others ; which if it do not directly...

...learned of my Lord to be kind, and have found by experience that I have gained thereby. " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that...that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches."* Then Samuel whispered to Christiana his mother, and said, Mother, this is a very good man's house ;...

...THAT, which wise Solomon observed in the temporal estates of men, holds no less true in the spiritual : There is, that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing...maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches; Prov. xiii. 7. On the one side, we meet with a proud, but beggarly Laodicean, that says, / am rich, and increased...

...fortified with religious principles, will know so well how to use. To show, in the words of Scripture, that "there is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing:...that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches;" and to inculcate the true principles by which the goods of this life are to be estimated, and our conduct...

...with religious principles, will know so well how to use. To show, in the words of Scripture, that " there is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing:...that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches;" and to inculcate the true principles by which the goods of this life are to be estimated, and our conduct...

...Auxiliary, for this year, equal to the income for the first year — bearing in mind that, ' There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.' You will assuredly aid the Mission by your prayers, and participate in the joy of its success. When...

...merciful man doeth good to his own soul; but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. 24. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 25. The liberal soul shall be made fat; and he that watereth, shall be watered also himself. 29. He...

...with the opinion of the wisest of men on the question of a judicious expenditure, — "There is that scattereth and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty," — and although the general body decided differently, on their second consideration of the question,...

...the words of the Lord Jesus how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. Suffer me, then, my brethren, to exhibit a few plain observations by way of illustrating the nature...